IC 3315
IC 3315
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
14k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3315 as it looked roughly 79 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 3388Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartIC 3386Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartIC 3437Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartIC 3501Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 3392Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4579Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3386Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartIC 3437Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartIC 3501Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 3392Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4579Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).